Iran, Netherlands Discuss Agricultural Cooperation

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Agricultural Jihad Minister Mohsen Aqayee and Dutch Agriculture Minister Sharon Dijksma in a meeting in Amsterdam on Wednesday discussed mutual cooperation, specially in specialized areas.

Date: 24 June 2015 - 21:32

News ID: ۱۵۳۶۷

During the meeting in the Dutch capital today, Aqayee and Dijksma underlined the need for sharing experience in agricultural fields.
Aqayee pointed to the meeting between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the 44th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January 2014, and said, "The Netherlands is considered Iran's important trade partner in Europe and the Islamic Republic of Iran is interested in broadening its relations with that country, specially in agriculture, technical productivity and sharing experience."
The Dutch agriculture minister, for her part, voiced her country's willingness to expand relations with Iran, specially in genetic resources field.
Dijksma expressed the hope that the two countries' agricultural relations would further broaden in the future.
In December, Dutch Ambassador to Tehran Johannes Duma underscored his country's enthusiasm for the further consolidation of relations and cooperation with Iran.
Duma made the remarks in a meeting with Chairman of Iran-Europe Parliamentary Friendship Group Kazzem Jalali in Tehran.
Noting that Iran and the Netherlands enjoy longstanding relations which date back to 1626, he said, "We constantly seek expansion of relations with Iran, particularly in parliamentary affairs."
Jalali, for his part, referred to relations between the Iranian parliament and the European parliament, and said, "The parliamentary groups of Iran and EU were holding regular sessions until some positions adopted by the EU Parliament caused these contacts decrease."
The lawmaker noted that the Iranian parliament was eager to host all parliamentary delegations from around the world, particularly from Europe and the Netherlands. "We would like to promote our parliamentary relations on the basis of mutual respect," Jalali said.